Christine Fox MAUKCP Registered Psychotherapist and Counsellor

About me

I have gained a great deal of experience in many different areas since graduating as a counsellor and psychotherapist over 16 years ago. I hold a Masters degree in psychotherapy and post graduate diplomas in counselling and supervision and am registered as a psychotherapist with with United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy. In my practice I work with people from many different backgrounds and offer long and short term individual counselling and psychotherapy in a safe confidential environment. As well as private practice I have worked in the voluntary sector and within the NHS. I am also a BUPA recognised Health and Wellbeing therapist.

My approach is integrative, which means that my counselling and therapy skill set is taken from a number of different theories of counselling and psychotherapy.

My style is open, warm and supportive. I respect difference and my approach will be tailored to responding to your individual needs.

In keeping with my training I firmly believe that we all have within us the power and potential to overcome the inner and outer obstacles that life presents us with. My job is to help guide you to find your own solutions and to support you through that process.

As well as talking it can sometimes be helpful to work creatively through other mediums such as dreams, writing, imagery and drawing.

I originally trained as a nurse and was registered as a general nurse (RGN)l and also as a sick children's nurse (RSCN). It was as a nurse many years ago that I first discovered that talking and expressing feelings had a significant impact on a persons well being.

My main counselling and psychotherapy training was at the Institute of Psychosynthesis in North London where I studied first as a therapeutic counsellor and then as a a psychotherapist.

As well as private practice I have worked in a hospital setting and in hospices with adults and children suffering from life threatening and life limiting illnesses.

I have the experience of setting up and developing a counselling service in the private sector and of co-ordinating a bereavement service within the NHS.

I am qualified to supervise psychotherapists, counsellors and other professionals.(see supervisors profile)

Other areas of counselling I deal with

Psychosomatic and health related issues Life threatening and life limiting illnesses Issues related to mortality and dying Child and infant loss Mid life crisis Identity crisisloss of purpose and meaning Isolation Repeating life patterns Self development

Fees

My fee is £52 - £55 per session.

Further information

I offer a safe and confidential space where together we will be able to explore all that you need and want to.

The initial assessment or first session will be for 60 minutes duration all further sessions are for 50 minutes.

The first session is a time for us to meet each other and to see if we have the potential to develop a secure and trusting relationship together. Choosing the right counsellor or therapist is an important decision and this is a time for you to ask any questions you may need me to answer. It is useful to bear in mind that research has shown the relationship that develops between the counsellor and client is more important to the effectiveness of the therapy than the approach used. The relationship we develop will therefore be at the heart of the counselling or therapy work.

We will then agree how we will work together and possible ways forward. We will also agree fees, number of sessions, frequency and cancellations.

Depending on your needs and expectations we will have agreed to a set number of sessions and the dates and time before reviewing or ending.